Exam question 1 · The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the boundaries of states in the year 1337?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: boundaries

This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boundaries	det
10	boundaries	boundary	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 states	case
12	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 boundaries	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 year	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
16	1337	1337	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 year	flat
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the boundaries of states			year	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

They frequently constituted indeterminate zones rather than precise lines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 zones	nsubj
2	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	3 constituted	advmod
3	constituted	constitute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 zones	amod
4	indeterminate	indeterminate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 zones	amod
5	zones	zone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	9 lines	cc
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 rather	fixed
8	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lines	amod
9	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 zones	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	participle						frequently property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They did not exist in any form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 exist	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 exist	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 exist	advmod
4	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 form	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 form	det
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exist	past · do-support	They			any form			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Location

Option 3

They were fixed by international treaty in the twentieth century by the League of Nations

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fixed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fixed	aux:pass
3	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 treaty	case
5	international	international	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 treaty	amod
6	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fixed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 century	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 century	det
9	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 century	amod
10	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fixed	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 League	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 League	det
13	League	League	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fixed	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Nations	case
15	Nations	Nation	PROPN	Number=Plur	13 League	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	past · passive	international treaty	They			century	by the League of Nations	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

They were delineated with exactitude in every instance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 delineated	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 delineated	aux:pass
3	delineated	delineate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 exactitude	case
5	exactitude	exactitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delineated	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 instance	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 instance	det
8	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delineated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delineate	past · passive		They		every instance		with exactitude	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with exactitude=Instrument

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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